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Antecedents in
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Historical Antecedents in Science and Technology

Ancient Times,
 In ancient times, people were concerned with
 transportation and navigation
 communication and record keeping
 mass production
 security and protection
 health, aesthetics and architechture
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Transportation and Navigation

Ancient people travelled to……

• search for food
• find better location for settlements
• trade surplus goods

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Transportation and Navigation
Navigation…….
• assisted ancient people in their journeys to unfamiliar and
strange areas in the world
• allowed ancient people to return home after the discovery
of new places or completed an important trade with
another group of people.

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Communication and Record Keeping
 Communication was also essential in ancient people
endeavors to discover and occupy new places.
 Ancient people needed a way to communicate with the
natives of the areas they visited to facilitate trade and
prevent possible conflicts

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Communication and Record Keeping
Record-keeping was vital…….
 to remember the places they have been to and to
document the trades they made with each other.
 to establish identities that could relate with other
cultures and civilazations

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Mass Production
 The increase in size and in number of nations connoted
increase demand for food and other basic necessities.
 Ancient people must produce food at a given time and
space since resources were getting scarcer as more
people struggled to share basic necessities.
 There is a need to a form of technology that would
enable ancient people to increase food supplies and
other survival needs without traveling more or working
harder. (comparison of past and present)
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Security and Protection
 Weapons and armors were important in the discovery
of new places and in the establishment of new alliances
with other tribes.
 At that time , there was always a risk of conflict when
people met others with different cultures and
orientations

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